Dear all,

Welcome to our Freshers' week programme for 2023!

Our Freshers' week runs from Monday 18th to Friday 22nd September this year. We can’t wait to have you all in the Assembly Building for the grand re-opening! 

We’re a tight-knit community here at the Art School. The Student’s Association is your space – somewhere to meet people from any year, any department, and get creative. 

There are so many opportunities on offer, from campaigning and committees, to setting up exhibitions, and we’re always here to support you. This is your invitation to put your fingers in all the pies. Just remember, there is no right way to do Freshers and it’s not done in a week. All students are welcome to join these events, whether you are in your first year or have been here for a while - please feel free to come along!

This year’s programme is full of variety – from club nights to clay animals – and there is always more going on in the wider Glasgow city to dive into. And! If there’s something more you want to see happen, there’s always possibility for it. That’s what the Students’ Association is here for. 

 See you soon, 

<3 Alicia and Ted <3 

Freshers' events 2023 

Monday 18th September:

Sold out: In-Person Yoga with Ema
Monday 18th September, 11.30am – 12.30pm
Assembly Hall, 1st Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Free booking here.

Sold out: Arika & Truth and Lies: An Anthology of Art and Writing by Sex Workers
Monday 18th September, 1 – 3pm
Project Space 2, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Free booking here.

Textile Upcycling
Monday 18th September, 2 - 5pm
Assembly Hall, 1st Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Drop-in event, no ticket required – just come prepared with an old t-shirt. 

Sold out: Zazathezine: Taste Test
Monday 18th September, 5 - 7pm
Project Space 2, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Free booking here.

Sold out: Dance Workshop with Dorine Mugisha
Monday 18th September, 6 – 8pm
Assembly Hall, 1st Floor, GSASA Building 
Dorine will be leading a Whacking workshop open to all levels. Whether you have never danced in your life, or are a professional dancer, the workshop will allow room for exploration, creativity and most importantly having fun and feeling free! 
Punking, later known as Waacking/Whacking, is a style that emerged in the 1970s underground gay clubs of LA by people of colour as a form of expression for freedom from oppression. Dorine Mugisha is an international performer, instructor and founder of Body Movement.me. She is interested in seeing more diversity in dance, especially the representation of plus size bodies. 
Booking: Free booking here.

Sold out: MASS Freshers Sub Crawl
Monday 18th September, 6:30pm meet – late
GSA Bourdon Building, 2nd floor, Scott Street 
Booking: Free booking here. Will require purchase of £4.20 all-day subway ticket. 

Hooray! The Quiz!
Monday 18th September, 8 - 11pm
Vic Bar and Café, Ground Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: No booking required, just come on down and grab a table. 

Tuesday 19th September: 

Tea and Coffee Drop in with GSASA: Ask us anything!
Tuesday 19th September, 10 - 11am
Project Space 2, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building  
Booking: Drop-in event, no ticket required. Try bringing a reusable cup, flask, or mug where you can. 

Online Yoga with Ema
Tuesday 19th September, 11am – 12 noon
Online 
Booking: Free booking here.

Sold out: Beastly Clay Workshop with Kitt Glover
Tuesday 19th September, 12 noon – 2pm
Project Space 2, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Free booking here.

Drag King 101 Workshop with Dorian T. Fisk
Tuesday 19th September, 1.30  – 4.30pm
Assembly Hall, 1st Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Free booking here. Ticket holders will be emailed a list of makeup and materials to be bought along at own cost after signing up, so try sign-up early to buy this in good time! 

Folkmoot: Live music in the Vic
Tuesday 19th September, 5 - 7 pm
Vic Bar & Café, Ground Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Drop-in event, no ticket required. 

Sold out: Master's Student Social
Tuesday 19th September, 8 - 10pm
Vic Bar & Café, Ground Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Free booking here.

Wednesday 20th September

GSASA Freshers Fair 
Wednesday 20th September, 12 – 4pm
Vic Bar & Café and Assembly Hall – Ground Floor and 1st Floor, GSASA Building 
For many, this is one of the main events of Freshers’ week — come down to the Students’ Association to see stalls from societies, sports clubs, you can join, and have an opportunity to meet local community groups, charities, arts organisations and galleries! Be sure to keep an eye out for GSASA staff and your elected President and Vice President who will be wearing red t-shirts, chat to us to find out more about your Students’ Association! 
Booking: Drop-in event, no ticket required. 

Hill52: Studio Radio Station – Open Studio
Wednesday 20th September, 12 – 4pm
Hill52 Studio, 2nd floor, GSASA Building  
Booking: Drop-in event, no ticket required.  

Sold out: Introduction to Weaving
Wednesday 20th September, 1– 2.30pm
Project Space 2, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Free booking here.

Sold out: Introduction to Ballroom and Voguing with House Ball Scotland
Wednesday 20th September, 5 – 7pm
Project space 2, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building  
Booking: Free booking here. There will be tickets reserved for QTBIPOC folks.

Sold out: The Grand Budapest Hotel Screening
Wednesday 20th September, 6.30– 8.30pm
Assembly Hall, 1st Floor, GSASA Building 
Join your newly forming Film Society on campus for a screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel in the Students’ Association’s huge capacity hall for a cinema-like experience. 
Booking: Free booking here.

Queer Karaoke
Wednesday 20th September, 9pm - 12 midnight
Bonjour, 37 - 45 Saltmarket, Glasgow   
Booking: No booking required in advance. Please bring your GSA student card for entry. If you want to invite someone from outside of GSA, please email us at gsasa@gsa.ac.uk.  

Thursday 21st September

Sold out: Woodlands Community Garden: Meet the Team
Thursday 21st September, 11am - 1pm
117 West Prince's Street, Glasgow ~  
Booking: Free booking here.

Freshers’ Fundraiser for Ukraine
Thursday 21st September, 12 – 5pm
Assembly Hall, 1st Floor, GSASA Building  
Booking: Drop-in event, no ticket required.

Sold out: Potato Printing
Thursday 21st September, 12 - 2pm
Project Space 1, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building  
Booking: Free booking here.

Sold out: Queer Ecologies: A Primer!
Thursday 21st September, 2 – 3.30pm
Project Space 2, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: Free booking here.

Ornament Locker: An art-writing workshop
Thursday 21st September, 3.30 - 5.30pm
Project Space 1, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building 
Booking: This is an event for People of Colour (POC) students. Free booking here.

RRS x GSASA: Cyberfeminism Index online performative reading by Mindy Seu, followed by a screening of FRESH KILL by Shu Lea Cheang
Thursday 21st September, 5 – 8pm
Bourdon Lecture Theatre, GSA Bourdon Building, Scott Street 
Welcome to the Scottish book launch of the Cyberfeminism Index with an online performative reading by its editor, the designer, professor, and researcher Mindy Seu. The book includes more than 1,000 short entries of radical techno-critical activism in a variety of media, including excerpts from academic articles and scholarly texts; descriptions of hackerspaces, digital rights activist groups, bio-hacktivism; and depictions of feminist net art and new media art. Seu’s talk will be followed by a screening of FRESH KILL (1994), the debut feature film by legendary multimedia artist and filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang. Enter the world of queer cyber-crime as a young lesbian couple fight the system to save their young daughter.  
Booking: Free booking and more information here.  There are ticket options to join online and in person. 

Friday 22nd September: 

Sold out: Abolition Quilt-making with Meadhbh Corrigan
10am – 12 noon, Friday 22nd September
Project Space 2, 2nd Floor, GSASA Building
Booking: Free booking here. No experience of quilting or sewing is required. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring along any of your own fabric scraps too. 

Sold out: Woodlands Community Garden: Green Space Walks
3.30 – 5.30pm, Friday 22nd September
117 West Prince's Street, Glasgow  
Booking: Free booking here.

Dualism: Hill52 x Subcity Radio Freshers’ Club Night
9pm - 3am, Friday 22nd September
GSASA Building
Come and party with very best of Glasgow’s home-grown DJ talent. To celebrate the re-opening of the Vic Bar and Café we will be hosting a night of immersive experiential clubbing. There will be something for everyone, from Subcity’s reflective memory scape to a Hill52’s distorted dance beats. We will also be hosting karaoke pre’s with some of Glasgow's finest talent in the Vic Bar and Café from 9 - 10.30pm. 
Booking: This a paid event, please see the booking page here for pricing and information.